Avion truck campers - Hundreds of photos
Without going into too much painful detail, we had a mishap several week-ends ago. While working with sand bag crews on the Mississippi River, the truck and camper fell into the flood waters as a road...
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Southedistoman, great to hear from you. Yes, its been slow on the Avion string. I have to admit I've been a bit distracted this Spring while I work through a construction project. And it looks like most of the other Avionistas are quiet, except of course for Ticki2. As to D1, I don't know. We keep sort of agreeing to meet at Muley Point. Then he upgrades his rig as if he's on the staff of Elon Musk.
In the meantime, the Silver Pompadour positively ruled with his 7,000 mile Avion Grand Tour that included Muley Point. He has a terrific write up in "Truck Camper Adventure". I read the piece and came away marveling how such smart folks are a part of our world.
It sounds like you have a significant restoration in front of you. I'm assuming that its not a renovation since you have most of 2 units to effect your project. Keep us up to date with photos and commentary. That'll wake up the drowsing Avionistas.
I had another of my mishaps while on the Western swing with Sweet Jane and Hula, the wonder dog. I don't recall if I mentioned it. I was fueling up the truck and noticed water dripping from the wing on the drivers side. Water? I said. Then I looked to the right and there appeared to be an opening under the wing just in front of the rear jack plate. (I don't carry the jacks with me). It was one of those moments when you're not clearly computing. "Jane" I said, "it looks like something blew up inside the coach, or something hit here. See the shards of metal under the wing hanging down?" I actually pictured, for a nanosecond, a bullet colliding with the beloved Avion.
Well, folks, my rear tie down had ripped out. The Torklift Turnbuckle had disappeared as well. I stuck my finger under the wing and into the hole....and it was wet. Rotten wood came out. I didn't know where this was heading, but at that moment I'm going Zen. I'm not worrying about it. I'm traveling on to California (and Mexico). And so we did.
I am definitely not looking forward to tackling this repair. The area of the wing is directly below my refrigerator. The active water leak turned out to be a bad fitting from my hot water heater.
So its either my hot water leak over a long time or the fridge or who knows what? Leaks are payback from the Gods for the good times we have camping in our Avions.
In the meantime, the Silver Pompadour positively ruled with his 7,000 mile Avion Grand Tour that included Muley Point. He has a terrific write up in "Truck Camper Adventure". I read the piece and came away marveling how such smart folks are a part of our world.
It sounds like you have a significant restoration in front of you. I'm assuming that its not a renovation since you have most of 2 units to effect your project. Keep us up to date with photos and commentary. That'll wake up the drowsing Avionistas.
I had another of my mishaps while on the Western swing with Sweet Jane and Hula, the wonder dog. I don't recall if I mentioned it. I was fueling up the truck and noticed water dripping from the wing on the drivers side. Water? I said. Then I looked to the right and there appeared to be an opening under the wing just in front of the rear jack plate. (I don't carry the jacks with me). It was one of those moments when you're not clearly computing. "Jane" I said, "it looks like something blew up inside the coach, or something hit here. See the shards of metal under the wing hanging down?" I actually pictured, for a nanosecond, a bullet colliding with the beloved Avion.
Well, folks, my rear tie down had ripped out. The Torklift Turnbuckle had disappeared as well. I stuck my finger under the wing and into the hole....and it was wet. Rotten wood came out. I didn't know where this was heading, but at that moment I'm going Zen. I'm not worrying about it. I'm traveling on to California (and Mexico). And so we did.
I am definitely not looking forward to tackling this repair. The area of the wing is directly below my refrigerator. The active water leak turned out to be a bad fitting from my hot water heater.
So its either my hot water leak over a long time or the fridge or who knows what? Leaks are payback from the Gods for the good times we have camping in our Avions.
